Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Spense, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
James Spense registered to vote in Lamar County on July 12, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
James Spense
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Spense
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Years in Texas before Lamar County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. A. Norwood"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsJames Spense reported 5 years more in Texas than in Lamar County.
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 18 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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